Virtual Northwest Airlines is dedicated to providing a unique environment for the advancement of the virtual aviation experience.

Through our mutual efforts, vNWA partners, pilots and staff continually work to ensure that all of our members feel as part of a family of like-minded enthusiasts who work together to simulate the operations of Northwest Airlines as closely as possible by utilizing the same fleet, routes, and hub structure of the airline before it merged.

In doing this, vNWA staff endevour to provide our pilots with all the tools needed to make their experience as enjoyable and realistic as possible.

James Bishop, vNWA CEO

vNWA VATSIM Activity

smartCARS Live Flights

NASCAR Charters Event 15

Posted by Mark Toler on 06/30/2020

Event #15 of the 2020 NASCAR Season

This weeks NASCAR Charters Event 15 for the 4th of July weekend will be up at the Brickyard in Indianapolis Indiana.  Our routes will be out of our main hubs of MSP, DTW, MEM, EHAM, PANC and our NASCAR Hubs at CLT and JQF into Indianapolis Intl. (KIND). Our routes are numbered NWA7000 - NWA7035 and pilots can fly any route we have in our system into KIND as well. 

Charters will run from Thursday July2nd  through Sunday July 5th.

As always the top 3 pilots will recieve bonus hours and the pilot with the best landing rate below -100 fpm will receive extra bonus hours.

Lets have a great turn out and finally get the races fans back in the stands this week up in Indianapolis.

Evening at Spokane

Posted by Mark Toler on 06/29/2020

Join the VATUSA Seattle ARTCC on July 2, 2020, from 1600-2000 PDT (2300-0300 Zulu) for a Spokane International Airport Fly-Out. In this event, we will be staffing up KGEG for anyone and everyone to fly out.

 

Briefing will be available here: https://bit.ly/3g7nxdE

*Please refer back to the pilot brief before you fly to ensure you have the most updated information

ZDC Presents: 4th of July Prep

Posted by Mark Toler on 06/29/2020

Come join the hottest preparty ZDC has to offer, we will be featuring excellent BBQ food such as 15 hour smoked Brisket, Pulled Pork Sliders, and hamburgers and hotdogs for the kids or all you picky eaters. We will be offering three different party locations, KIAD, KDCA, and KBWI, all featuring the hottest DJs streaming from your own personal devices. The party kicks off at 2300z and runs until 0400z, or whenever the parents get home! Please note, at this time we are working on the fireworks permits, but for some reason the FAA isn't too keen on lighting them off at an airport, let alone three.

Southern Sweet Tea Party Cross

Posted by Mark Toler on 06/29/2020

244 years ago, the US of A declared its independence from our gracious friends across the pond. One of the acts of protest was the infamous "Boston Tea Party" before the war. This year Atlanta and Jacksonville are having our own "Tea Party" but with some extra Sugar and Jet A-1. Fly between Atlanta Hartsfield in Georgia down to Central Florida at Orlando International in this crossfire with ZTL and ZJX on July 5th from 7-11PM ET (Thats 2300-0300z for our hot tea drinkers)

Executive Flight Schedules

Posted by Mark Toler on 02/12/2020

vNWA EXECUTIVE FLIGHT SCHEDULES

For anyone that would like to fly along with vNWA Executives, there are now tentative published schedules of vNWA Executives individual scheduled flights.  These flights and times are tentative and subject to change.  Feel free to contact the Executive for specifics if needed by clicking on the link below (KSTP Hub Website) or visit the KSTP Hub Website from the Hubs Tab at the top of the Homepage of the Website, to see when your Executives may be flying and you can join them.

So check out the schedules and fly with us .

KSTP Hub Website

(click on above link)

(updated 6/30/20)

vNWA Executives

Mark Toler - NWA1964  (TBA) 

 Chris Schiessl - NWA1223 (TBA) 

Robbie Suwary - NWA1999 (TBA)

vNWA Hub Tour 2012-2019

Posted by James Bishop on 01/30/2020

 vNWA Hub Tour 2012-2020

 Get to know your fellow pilots, and their airspace. There is no specified time to complete this tour, have fun with it and see what you get upon completion.  Click the Operations tab at the top of the homepage and click on "Tours" to get started. 

Be sure to leave a comment indicating a leg of the Tour when filing your PIREP so we can credit you with each leg of the Tour.
 

PANC Cargo Operations

Posted by Mark Toler on 11/27/2019

"ATTENTION vNWA PILOTS - PANC IS OPEN FOR PILOTS "